https://znetwork.org/author/craig-mokhiber/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:48:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/craig-mokhiber/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-world-on-its-knees-trumps-board-of-peace-and-the-darkness-it-promises/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-world-on-its-knees-trumps-board-of-peace-and-the-darkness-it-promises/#respond Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:48:26 +0000 Trembling and genuflecting before the global rampage of the US-Israel Axis, a cowardly world has, once again, offered up the Palestinian people for sacrifice, and, with them, the global system of international law itself.  I have written previously about the document of global surrender, codified in notorious (and blatantly unlawful) UN Security Council Resolution 2803 and about Trump’s [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-world-on-its-knees-trumps-board-of-peace-and-the-darkness-it-promises/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ushering-in-the-age-of-impunity-venezuela-palestine-and-the-end-of-international-law/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ushering-in-the-age-of-impunity-venezuela-palestine-and-the-end-of-international-law/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:58:00 +0000 On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and spiriting them off to the United States.   Surely, such a blatant violation of a whole raft of international laws, indeed, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ushering-in-the-age-of-impunity-venezuela-palestine-and-the-end-of-international-law/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-un-embraces-colonialism-unpacking-the-security-councils-mandate-for-the-u-s-colonial-administration-of-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-un-embraces-colonialism-unpacking-the-security-councils-mandate-for-the-u-s-colonial-administration-of-gaza/#respond Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:26:05 +0000 More than two years into the genocide in Palestine, the UN Security Council has finally acted. But rather than acting to enforce international law, protect the victims, and hold the perpetrators accountable, it adopted a resolution that openly flouts key provisions of international law, disempowers and further punishes the victims, and rewards and empowers the perpetrators.  Most [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-un-embraces-colonialism-unpacking-the-security-councils-mandate-for-the-u-s-colonial-administration-of-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/terms-of-surrender-the-conspiracy-to-obstruct-justice-in-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/terms-of-surrender-the-conspiracy-to-obstruct-justice-in-palestine/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290676 In the wake of two years of the globally broadcast extermination of the people of Palestine, three distinct tracks of international response have emerged. One is grounded in justice, international law, human rights, and accountability. Two others are dedicated to impunity, the continued subjugation of the victims, and the normalization of the perpetrator regime. In [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/terms-of-surrender-the-conspiracy-to-obstruct-justice-in-palestine/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/uniting-for-peace-how-u-n-could-override-u-s-veto-send-peacekeepers-to-gaza-block-arms-more-2/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/uniting-for-peace-how-u-n-could-override-u-s-veto-send-peacekeepers-to-gaza-block-arms-more-2/#respond Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:03:14 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1288233 The Trump administration is facing growing criticism for suspending visas for Palestinian passport holders, including for Palestinian officials set to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly this month. When the U.S. denied a visa to Yasser Arafat to address the U.N. in 1988, the General Assembly was moved to Geneva — the U.N. faces similar [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/uniting-for-peace-how-u-n-could-override-u-s-veto-send-peacekeepers-to-gaza-block-arms-more-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/uniting-for-peace-how-u-n-could-override-u-s-veto-send-peacekeepers-to-gaza-block-arms-more/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/uniting-for-peace-how-u-n-could-override-u-s-veto-send-peacekeepers-to-gaza-block-arms-more/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1288134 This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: The Trump administration is facing growing criticism for suspending visas for Palestinian passport holders, including for Palestinian officials set to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/uniting-for-peace-how-u-n-could-override-u-s-veto-send-peacekeepers-to-gaza-block-arms-more/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-the-un-could-act-today-to-stop-the-genocide-in-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-the-un-could-act-today-to-stop-the-genocide-in-palestine/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:58:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287894 After twenty-two months of unprecedented carnage, three things are clear: (1) the Israeli regime will not end the genocide in Palestine of its own will,  (2) the U.S. government, Israel’s principal collaborator, as well as the majority of Israelis, and the regime’s proxies and lobbies in the West, are fully committed to this genocide, and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-the-un-could-act-today-to-stop-the-genocide-in-palestine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/international-law-the-un-and-system-failure-with-craig-mokhiber/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/international-law-the-un-and-system-failure-with-craig-mokhiber/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:01:17 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1282326 Former UN human rights specialist on international law Craig Mokhiber reflects on how Israel’s genocidal military campaign has produced an unprecedented crisis for the international order, and how it might represent an opportunity make it more equitable. He also discusses the role, achievements, and failing of the United Nations and the policies that led him [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/international-law-the-un-and-system-failure-with-craig-mokhiber/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yemen-is-acting-responsibly-to-stop-genocide-and-the-u-s-is-bombing-them-for-it/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yemen-is-acting-responsibly-to-stop-genocide-and-the-u-s-is-bombing-them-for-it/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 14:45:03 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282062 The U.S. is bombing Yemen because Yemen is acting, as required by international law, to stop the genocide and unlawful siege in Palestine.  This is not an editorial opinion. It is a statement of both law and fact.  Neither of these facts has been featured in the reporting or commentary of Western media corporations, let [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yemen-is-acting-responsibly-to-stop-genocide-and-the-u-s-is-bombing-them-for-it/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/turmoil-at-the-icc-as-fears-rise-over-israel-and-the-u-s-interference/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/turmoil-at-the-icc-as-fears-rise-over-israel-and-the-u-s-interference/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1274976 On May 20, 2024, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, submitted a request to the ICC for warrants to arrest Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including extermination.  In the same statement, he included an extraordinary warning, saying “I insist that all attempts [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/turmoil-at-the-icc-as-fears-rise-over-israel-and-the-u-s-interference/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/on-the-need-to-dismantle-the-settler-colonial-bloc-at-the-un/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/on-the-need-to-dismantle-the-settler-colonial-bloc-at-the-un/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2024 14:33:34 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272049 What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and (until recently) one country in southern Africa have in common with Europe? The answer is rooted in centuries of imperialism and conquest in the ideologies that have sustained them — and in the four-letter acronym “WEOG.” Five countries [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/on-the-need-to-dismantle-the-settler-colonial-bloc-at-the-un/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/weog-the-uns-settler-colonial-bloc/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/weog-the-uns-settler-colonial-bloc/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:44:59 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271908 What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and (until recently) one country in southern Africa have in common with Europe? The answer is rooted in centuries of imperialism and conquest in the ideologies that have sustained them — and in the four-letter acronym “WEOG.” Five countries [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/weog-the-uns-settler-colonial-bloc/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-can-be-held-legally-accountable-for-its-role-in-the-gaza-genocide/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-can-be-held-legally-accountable-for-its-role-in-the-gaza-genocide/#respond Sun, 25 Aug 2024 14:43:23 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271325 The ruthlessness of the Israeli genocide machine in Palestine, and the direct complicity of the U.S., UK, and other Western governments are two key pillars in the horrors being perpetrated against the Palestinian people (and in the attacks on human rights defenders around the globe).  But there is an essential third pillar: the role of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-can-be-held-legally-accountable-for-its-role-in-the-gaza-genocide/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-icj-finds-that-bds-is-not-merely-a-right-but-an-obligation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-icj-finds-that-bds-is-not-merely-a-right-but-an-obligation/#respond Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:01:23 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270845 Israel and its lobby have, for years now, been engaged in a frenzy of activity to further insulate Israel from accountability by using their influence in the West to effectively outlaw organized opposition to Israel. Foremost among these efforts has been the Israeli campaign to penalize calls to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-icj-finds-that-bds-is-not-merely-a-right-but-an-obligation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-crack-in-a-75-year-old-wall-of-impunity-south-africa-challenges-israeli-genocide-in-count/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-crack-in-a-75-year-old-wall-of-impunity-south-africa-challenges-israeli-genocide-in-count/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:31:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260462 1948 was a year of tragic irony. That year saw the adoption of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, together promising a world in which human rights would be protected by the rule of law. That same year, South Africa [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-crack-in-a-75-year-old-wall-of-impunity-south-africa-challenges-israeli-genocide-in-count/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/genocide-top-u-n-official-craig-mokhiber-resigns-denounces-israeli-assault-on-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/genocide-top-u-n-official-craig-mokhiber-resigns-denounces-israeli-assault-on-gaza/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:54:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1256898 Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. A top United Nations official in New York has resigned and accused the United Nations of failing to address what he calls a “text-book case of genocide” unfolding in Gaza. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/genocide-top-u-n-official-craig-mokhiber-resigns-denounces-israeli-assault-on-gaza/feed/ 0